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Discussing Race with Young Children

Interest in race and racism, diversity and inclusion is growing, but many parents and caregivers are still searching for the “right” way to introduce the conversation and to answer young children’s questions. This guide is available for printing in EnglishSpanish, or Chinese, you can explore the interactive version of “Discussing Race With Young Children” by Big Heart World and teach your child to embrace differences.

Mental Health in Early Childhood

Mental Health in Early Childhood


May was Mental Health Awareness Month and according to The Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University, “As early experiences shape the architecture of the developing brain, they also lay the foundations of sound mental health. Disruptions to this developmental process can impair a child's capacities for learning and relating to others — with lifelong implications.” Click the button to the left and watch the short video to learn the early signs of mental health problems and how mental health impairments develop in early childhood.

You have the opportunity to teach your children in so many different ways. When you want to help your young child learn a very specific behavior, you can achieve success using a well-planned, focused teaching method called Systematic Instruction. Using this method can be a rewarding way to help your child learn new behavior, acquire a new skill, and learn how to use it in different activities and with different people.


To learn more about how to teach your child specific behaviors, use this family practice guide, developed by the Division of Early Childhood. 

Teaching your Child Specific Behaviors

Learn behavior supports for toddlers through these free modules! The BEH modules were developed by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, and they are designed to provide you with strategies to handle toddler behaviors that may interfere with how your child learns through play, participates in everyday activities and routines, and keeps themselves and others safe.


For more information, please visit the below link for the Autism-Focused Intervention Resources and Modules.


Behavior Supports for Toddlers

Parent’s Space

Support Group!

This support group is dedicated to all our parents out there. Our goal is to engage with, inspire, and support one another and to celebrate our children’s successes, milestones, and the little things they do that others might take for granted. We created this judgement-free space so that we can speak freely, feel valued, and respected! Please join us and meet other parents who “get it.”


Parent's Space Support Group is open to families currently enrolled in our Family Connections Program.


Parent's Space meets weekly on Thursdays at 4:00 PM.

Register for Parent's Space, here!
For questions please contact Adriana Fontaine at afontaine@cpacinc.org or Lisa Opert at lopert@cpacinc.org.
Join the Early Childhood conversations on Facebook Family Connections closed group and connect with other experienced parents:


Please visit our YouTube channel where you will find recordings of online workshops and Zoom sessions in English and Spanish.
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